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How to support Cork’s local producers in your weekly shopping
KATE RYAN of Flavour.ie takes a look at how some of Ireland’s big supermarkets are supporting local producers here in Cork through different programmes and academies
Cathal and Declan Allen of Ballyvourney Sausages, who are selling their produce in Aldi over the coming weeks.
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THE Irish supermarket sector is booming. In Ireland, consumers spent an additional €2bn in groceries alone as lockdowns ensured our lives were ever more centred around eating at home.
Despite 2020 becoming the year for online shops, click and collect, farmers’ markets, and alternative food networks such as Neighbourfood, it is the so-called Big Five supermarkets that still take the lion’s share of our grocery spend.
Could Boxty Be Getting Protected Status?
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There are many famous foods that have Protected Geographical Indication status; parma ham, champagne, and our own Waterford Blaa. Hopefully soon Ireland can add another to that list - boxty!
Aine Faughnan s family have been making Dromod Boxty in Leitrim for the last 30 years, and after winning the Grow With Aldi competition last year they have brought the potato dish nationwide.
Boxty goes back to the 1700 s and originates from Leitrim, Cavan, Sligo, and Mayo. It declined during the famine, but has stayed a staple in these counties.